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Hue is arranging chairs.She can form 6 rows of a given length with 3 chairs left over,or 8 rows of that same length if she gets 11 more chairs.Write and solve an equation to find how many chairs are in that row length

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Answer:

There are 7 chairs in each row.

Explanation:

Hue is arranging some number of chairs. If she arranges them in 6 rows of equal lengths then there will be 3 chairs leftover, or she arranges them in 8 rows of that same length then she requires 11 more chairs.

Let us assume that there are P numbers of chairs and there are x chairs in each row.

Therefore, we can write that

6x + 3 = P ....... (1) and

8x = P + 11

8x - 11 = P ........ (2)

Now, from equations (1) and (2) we get,

6x + 3 = 8x - 11

⇒ 2x = 14

x = 7

Therefore, there are 7 chairs in each row. (Answer)

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